I'm not really proud of this chapter, or even how I edited it. But I tried my very best while editing.

-sorry :(

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You were kicking yourself.

How could you let it slip to Jimin about your dad, like seriously! You had one job!

You daringly glanced toward Jimin as he was busily working and concentrating on his work.

You noticed how he bites his lip slightly as he concentrates.

Cute.

But as you were looking at him, your eyes seemed to move to a different area of the room. Alex was talking to her friends and just as she seemed to finish her sentence, she looked towards you with an infuriated expression.

She tore her glare away from you and focused back on her friends as they began to chat again.

And just like that, it was like a cliff collapsing above you and everything just hit you in realization.

You were living in this perfect bubble in your head, where you and Jimin could be around each other all the time and when you both were together, there was no worries between you.

But now that you see it in a more realistic way, you can clearly see that your imagination isn't the real world.

As much as you have loved your little endeavors that you and Jimin have had lately, they weren't something that were made to last.

Whatever this feeling is, the one that longs for you to be near Jimin so that your heart will jump with joy again, the one that keeps erupting inside of you is, it's not right. Jimin can't be around you as much as he has been, because even you can tell now that it's getting him into trouble.

You don't want to be the person who is responsible for Alex going insane and ruining the relationship that their parents set up, because it would all backlash on Jimin.

And for what? Some random girl who he felt pity for so he spent his free time with her instead of Alex.

Yeah, that's not happening.

The last thing you needed was two CEO's on your back for making their perfect couple split up because Alex was jealous.

Even though she has nothing to be jealous of, it's not like you and Jimin are a couple.

Or ever will be a couple, for that matter.

And as you were in your own thoughts, Jimin caught sight of your uneasiness.

"Psst" he bumbed your elbow with his.

You turned your head from the contact and was met with his kind smile.

"You good?" He asked and you just nodded, hoping he would let go of the subject.

But oh no, no, no, this is Park Jimin we are talking about.

The guy who roots and meddles in peoples personal lives until he finds the source of the cause for the persons change in mood, or just how they act in general.

Well that's what he does with you anyways.

"Hey" he whispered.

"Yeah?"

"What's wrong?" He asked.

And there he's off again. He's worrying about you, and your minuscule problems, even though he's going through his own shit at the moment.

The fact that his own father is forcing him to be with a girl that he can't stand, let alone tell him to have sex with her, truly makes you feel sick to your stomach.

Jimin, by some means that is unknown to you, is able to read you like an open book. It's as if he can read your thoughts and you have no idea how he does it because you have tried your very hardest to stop him from prying into your thoughts.

But he knows, he always knows.

He can see the way you looked into his eyes with pure guilt for the information he had told you.

"Muffin, if you're worried about me, don't be because I'm fine" he whispered. "I still have my health!" He joked.

"Yeah maybe your physical health, but your emotional health will start to wither, because you aren't happy Jimin, and it will only continue to get worse" you pressed and he sighed before he rolled his eyes.

HE ROLLED HIS GOD DAMN EYES.

You nearly fell off your chair from the impact.

I mean, not be like every boy-obsessed teenager, but that was the hottest thing you have ever seen.

ANYWAYS,

"You're digging way too deep into this" he said.

"Think about it, would you rather live forever and be sad? or die tomorrow but be happy?" Jimin looked wearily at you, his eyes squinting slightly as he was

"Well I mean if I choose to die tomorrow happy I wouldn't really be happy because I'm dying tomorrow" he said as if he's a genius.

"Jimin come on please don't joke now" you said in a serious tone.

"Look, okay, okay, I get where you are coming from but still-"

"But still nothing Jimin. Your not happy" he looked at you for a moment. You turned back to your work. You could feel his burning gaze on you.

If only something would come and disturb him staring-

"Mr. Park, would you mind not staring at y/n as she is trying to work, I'm sure it's very distracting for her" she scolded and Jimins face flushed red.

"Sorry" he murmured embarrassed and you were struggling to hold back your laugh, which didn't go unnoticed by Jimin.

He looked up to see if the teacher was looking, and she wasn't so he turned to you "Okay, stop smiling and we will continue this later." He said returning to his work.

You both paid some what attention to the rest of the class. The bell rang and you immediately began to tidy away your books.

"So what was that about?" Jimin asked.

"Huh?" You said oblivious and Jimin began to smirk.

"Is it true that the infamous y/n cares about me" he teased.

"I don't care about you, I pity your poor soul" you say back.

"That's not the only thing that upset you though" Jimin tilted his head slightly to the side as he gazed into your eyes and read your emotions.

"I'm not just some puzzle for you to try and figure out Jimin" you snapped and moved to stand up from your chair.

"Woah, woah, wait" Jimin said grabbing your hand to prevent you from leaving. The classroom is now empty as all the students evacuated to get to lunch.

He took your hand that he just grabbed and he stood up to face you, nervously glancing into your eyes.

"I know there are some things you can't tell me, like this" he said while pulling up the sleeve of your shirt and rubbing his thumb over the blue and violet bruise on your wrist.

You watched intently, your heart was practically beating out of your chest. You began looking at how gently he rubbed your wrist, you noted how gentle he was -he didn't want to hurt you in anyway - If anything he wanted to heal you, or even build a time machine and make sure that it never happened to you in the first place.

"And as much as you want to deny it, you let it slip, I know now, I know it was your dad that did this to you. And I understand that you don't want to talk about it. But I hope you will tell me at some stage" he said with a glint of hope in his eyes. You nodded your head while looking at the floor. The hand that he was holding so gently began to get tingles from the skin ship.

Jimin gently picked up your other hand, now holding both in his hands.

"I want to help you Muffin" he said quietly.

"I know you do" you replied back. "But I don't think you can" you whispered quietly.

"But-"

"Jimin, you have a girl waiting out there for you and I don't think I can talk about this anymore. So maybe we could continue this conversation another time?" He looked taken aback by your sudden interruption.

"Okay, whatever works for you" he said kindly.

You nodded with gratitude and began to leave before Jimin stopped you.

"I won't mention it if you allow me to visit you at work again" he bargained.

"I can't tell you what or what not to do" you smiled warmly, secretly adoring the idea of Jimin visiting you at work. "But no tipping!" You pressed.

"Sure, I have something better up my sleeve today" he said smiling. And started walking ahead of you.

"No Jimin, don't do anything just come for coffee and then go-"

"and a muffin" he interrupted.

"What?" you asked confused.

"Coffee and a muffin" you rolled your eyes.

"Fine, come for your coffee and muffin and then go home."

"Can I take you somewhere after work?" He asked.

"Sorry, but I need to do my homework after work"

"Muffin, we don't have school for the next two days because of the teacher conferences, remember?"

He cornered you, what could you use as an excuse now. You have to try push I'm away, otherwise this feeling in your stomach that swarms all the way to your heart that causes you to smile, just might take over your entire body.

You need to distance yourself.

"Oh yeah" you say, trying to think of another excuse.

"Great! So I'll see you later then" he smiled.

"Okay then. Now run before your girlfriend finds us both still in here and gets the wrong idea" you shoo him away.

"Bye muffin" he says cheekily and you plainly wave.

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You find yourself involuntarily smiling as you put some books away in your locker.

This is the Park Jimin effect ladies and gents.

You close the small metal door and you're met with a smiley Jackson.

"Hello!" His cheery voice said.

"Hi Jackson" you smile. "You seem happy" You observed.

"Why wouldn't I be? The sun is shining, birds are chirping." He said with a sigh and smile.

"Jackson what are you on about? It has been raining all day" You laugh.

"I meant in here" he said tapping his brain.

"I'm just going to ignore that gesture and ask are you mentally stable?" You giggled.

"Number one, ouch, and number two, yeah I'm just having a really good day"

"And why is that?" You asked walking down the hall to the cafeteria with him following beside you.

"Because I found out my brother is coming over from Australia with my niece! I'm so excited to see them" he practically squeals.

"That's great Jackson! Tell them to stop into the cafe I would love to meet them!" You smiled.

"Oh yeah that's a great idea!" He said excitedly, walking with you into the big hall where everyone was eating and chatting.

You would've went to the rooftop but you didn't want to let Jackson know about your sacred hiding spot. You two talked for most of lunch until you heard people shouting with delight and excitement.

You looked over only to find Jimin hugging Jungkook and Taehyung.

"Oh my god they're disturbing the whole cafeteria" Jackson said, his voice full of annoyance. Your whole face brightened. "Oh shut up you grinch" you said while you standing up and making your way over to them.

"Y/N!" They exclaimed when they say you waking toward them.

"Kookie! Tae tae!" You replied with a big smile in your face. "When you said that you two were moving I didn't think it would be so fast!" The whole cafeteria was staring at you two at this stage.

"We are full of surprises" Taehyung admitted. "Okay, the lady at the main office already asked us to ask someone to bring us on a tour."

"But we asked her if we could have two tour guides and she agreed, so are both of you up for it?"

"Hell yeah we are" Jimin replied excited. You just smiled at how Jimin was.

"Ok well you have to go to that office lady now and tell her that you are bringing us on a tour so she can tell the teachers and stuff" Jungkook said.

"Okay, lets go then" Jimin said, gesturing for you to follow him out of the room with him.

And you could feel the judging eyes follow you as you left the room and you couldn't help but feel nervous.

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"Score! We get out of classes for the rest of the day and all we have to do is talk to Jungkook and Taehyung!" He smiled and you chuckled.

"So I've noticed you're sitting with Jackson a lot lately" Jimin said.

"Well for the past two days I have" you snigger at his comment. "You seem to take notice to me Chim Chim"

"What did you call me?" He perked his head up.

"Chim Chim?"

"I thought it was asshat?"

"It's both now" you said smiling.

"Oh great" he rolled his eyes, making you flustered.

"Well what would you rather me call you?"

-that was a bad question to ask-

"Oh I don't know....babe, my world, maybe even-" he smirked.

"Nahhh I think asshat and chim chim are fine." You cut him off and started laughing.

And before you knew it, you were at the main office.

"Hello, there is two new students here, Kim Taehyung and Jeon Jungkook, and they asked us to give them a tour" jimin stated.

"But they said to come and talk to you first" you added.

"Ah yes" the woman said.

"But you are new too" the woman said, looking at Jimin. "You're hardly fit to give the tour" Jimin's face fell at her words.

"No, I will give the tour" you interject. "He is here to answer questions about being new and joining our school in the middle of the year, and so on" you explained.

"Oh well that's very kind of you young man" she said. Jimin then turned to you and mouthed thank you and you nodded your head saying your welcome.

"now what are your names?"

"Y/n" you stated as she wrote down your name.

"And you?"

"Park Jimin"

"Okay, I will inform your teachers. You two can continue your lunch and start the tour when classes start"

"Thank you very much " you said while walking away with Jimin.

"Thanks for getting me out of that one" he said nicely.

"No problem"

"Well we have like twenty minutes of lunch left....." Jimin said, raising his eyebrow at you.

"Yeah and?"

"Rooftop?" He asked and you chuckled but nodded.

Your secret hiding spot has now been exposed, but you couldn't help but feel happy as you and Jimin walked side by side to the rooftop.

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"I don't believe you" you laughed.

"I'm not lying! I actually ate my cats food!" He pressed.

"That's disgusting" you twisted your nose up at the thought. "Lucky Alex, she gets to have cat food every time she acts like a sucker fish to your face" you say and begin to laugh hysterically.

"Let's not talk about me" he said, trying to discard what you just said. "Let's talk about you" he smiled.

You begin to calm down and look over at him. "And talk about what?" You ask, still smiling at your own joke.

"Oh there are plenty of questions I could ask you" Jimin teases.

"So ask them" you say blatantly.

"But-" Jimin begins to speak when you interject.

"I'm giving you a once in a lifetime opportunity Jimin, don't blow it by asking irrelevant questions" you say and he nods.

"What was your childhood like?" Jimin asked. He thought he would start off easy and not dig too deep into details just yet. Plus this is a question that Jimin has wanted to ask for awhile.

You sighed and began looking at the sky, arranging your thoughts into a certain order.

"Well, when I was younger my life wasn't so bad" you start. "I had a great relationship with my mom. We were the best of friends. My dad, on the other hand I didn't know so well, but that's because he was always working. But he didn't really have an interest in me on his free time either" you recall the memories of him not speaking to you or your mother when he would sit at the dinner table or watch tv in the living room.

You took a deep, long breath, looking way up at the partly cloudy sky.

"But then my mom died and I didn't really cope with it all that well" you admit, fidgeting with your fingers until you felt warm, soft hands hold on to your cold, scrawny hands.

He was reassuring you, that everything was alright. And that made you well up.

"My dad went off the walls. He got fired and started drinking and gambling to the point where we lost our house and almost all of our belongings. And then we moved into the shithole of a house that I live in now" You scoff, shaking your head. And a tear escaped your eyes.

Jimin's heart broke at the sight.

"I was then forced to get a job to try pay off debt that my father fell into. But along with that I have to pay bills and I can't pay for it all" more tears began rolling down your face. "And I haven't even been able to pay off any bit of the debt because rent rates are so high as well as all the other bills and I'm only working a part time job at a cafe" you began to fumble over words.

"And one day my dad found a reason to hit me, I can't even remember what the reason was. But once he started, I guess he couldn't stop" you said what your thoughts were.

"It's just-" you hesitated. "He's so aggressive as you can see" you said pulling up your sleeve to reveal your dark mark.

Jimin couldn't even form words.

He had an idea of what had been going on in your life, but to actually hear it and see the emotions in your eyes, it's almost as if he went through the hardships with you.

"Y/n I-" he hesitated. "I don't even no what to say. I'm so sorry" he whispered as you dried your tears.

"What are you apologizing for?" You weakly laughed. "You haven't been anything but good to me" you admitted.

"Not really" he begins, his head falling in shame. "I abandoned you on the street when I offered to walk you home that day, and I will never forgive myself for it" he spoke.

"Jimin you had your own reasons as to why you had to leave" you reassured.

"Yeah, but none of them are important enough for me to leave you" he admitted. "Not to mention I followed what everyone else in this school did, I ignored you and acted as if you don't exist" he said ashamed.

"I'm not the only one who's treated that way in this school, so I wouldn't be waited if I were you" you tried to make him feel better.

He side eyed you and scoffed. "That doesn't make it any better" you remained silent, not knowing what to say. "I promise that, that won't happen by my account again" he assured and you smile.

"You have your own problems, to deal with. I don't want my problems to distracted you from yours" you said softly.

"Yeah I really wish I had nothing to do with her" he said referring to Alex.

Then the bell rang.

"We have to get the two boys" You sighed and stood up, starting to walk towards the exit, but Jimin's hands holding yours, drawing you back. He pulled you close "Thanks for telling me muffin" he whispered in your ear sending shivers down your spine.

"No problem, babe" you joked, knowing that he would react, and he gasped.

"Please call me that again" he pleaded.

"Call you what?"

"Babe"

"I would never call you such a thing chim chim" you said smiling mischievously.

"Please~"

"Nope sorry sweet cheeks"

"oh my-"

"Let's go!" You skipped away, leaving Jimin a flustered and shy mess of emotions.

He's never felt this feeling before, he o it gets it with you. And he knew it was bad to develop feelings for you, but he couldn't help it. And as he stood there, watching you walk away, all he wanted to do was scoop you up in his arms and cuddle you until you fall asleep in each other's arms.

But he knew he couldn't do that.

He could never let these feelings out from his mind.

And that fact sucked.

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"Thanks for the tour!!" Both Taehyung and Jungkook said while pulling you into a friendly hug.

"No problem! I'm sorry to leave you all, but I have to go to work" you said and they all nodded in understanding.

"Bye y/n" they waved.

You looked over at Jimin and he mouthed "I'll see you later" he winked and turned and walked away with the two boys. You couldn't help but smile.

You arrived at work and it wasn't too busy. You were very tired but happy for two reasons: one, you don't have school for the next four days (two days off school as well as a weekend). And two, Jimin is coming to visit you at work today. You turned to the door when you heard the bell ring.

"Good evening Mrs Lee!"

"Evening dear! How are you?"

"I'm just fine thank you! And you?"

"I'm good." She looked around and her face fell.

"No boyfriend today?" You laughed.

"well firstly he's not my boyfriend and secondly he is coming to visit today I'm not sure when"

"I see" she smiled, "may I get my usual?"

"Of course you can!" She went and sat down at her usual table and not long after you brought her the order. You turned around you saw a ball of sunshine sitting on the stool at the counter, you didn't even here the bell from the door ring.

"How are you always so cheery even though you are exhausted?" He asked in a worried tone. You started to get his usual order ready.

"Because I always have you worrying about me so I know if something goes wrong you will be there" you said while handing him his coffee and muffin.

"Good that's exactly how I want it to be" he said smiling like a cheeky child.

"Wow, that was unbelievably cringy" you shake your head and Jimin agreed.

"Yeah it really was" he chuckled.

And just like that, you had a whole conversation with him and it wasn't awkward, following earliest conversation.

And it was because of that, that you knew:

It was him.

Because no one else,

makes any sense.

TBC

A/n:

Thanks for reading.

Lots of love xx